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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Miscellany -

Can't quite shake this cold? flu? nasty-winter-illness that *almost* goes away and then comes back with a vengeance. erck... Am trying to soldier on - deadlines wait for no one. So just a a smattering of peripheral flotsam that is orbiting my latest stint at the studio desk.

I am currently "watching" (more like listening with the occasional glance up when it feels necessary) Robin of Sherwood, a British series from the mid-80s, full of long 80s hair, a Clannad soundtrack and lots of fun, pagan references. Plus views of Bamburgh and Alnwick castles in Northumbria - both places high on my want-to-visit list.

One of the new-to-the-Robin-Hood-mythology inclusions in the series is frequent interaction with Herne the Hunter. I first came across a reference to the Herne legend in Susan Cooper's book "The Dark is Rising" which completely captivated me as a child (and is currently being made into a movie which apparently bears not nearly enough resemblance to its source material). I've posted it before, but here is my version of one take on Herne (he's kind of fun to re-experience after a couple of years of exclusively painting 'twinkly', little girl-fairy images:)

Oh Tara, I hope you'll soon fully recover. There is nothing worse than thinking one is over the flu only to be down with it again the next day! And you're right, deadlines don't wait... but when I feel time is running out I call upon Merlin to help me warp time. I always meet deadlines :-)

I think I may have seen an episode or two of Robin of Sherwood ages ago, but you've made me feel like watching the whole series. And I think I commented on your interpretation of Herne last year, but I like it just as much as back then.

Hi Tara,Take care! I've already gone through one bout with the flu this season, and there truly is nothing you can do but rest, take care and wait. I just had a dinner of oven roasted jerusalem artichoke drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with kosher salt....mmmmmm.... thanks! Good thing I only have a window box garden!;)Rebecca

Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery! Thanks for the laugh about your uncle's post, I needed it! :-)Will have to check one of those links one of those days ("those" that seems to never come at the end *drats*), but just ready about it was fun enough.

We have had one cold or bug after another finally feel on the mend. I like the disprooving rabbits book, they do all have that look, I used to think they looked like a big fat hippo. Glad to be reading your books have been getting excellent reviews but then I'm not surprised

About Me

From my earliest memories I've been captivated by the illustrations in
fairy tales and childrens books and couldn't think of anything else I'd
rather do when I was grown up than create my own.
When I'm not painting in the studio, I can probably be found working in
my gardens to make sure that there are plenty of havens for visiting
fairies.